Forward Deployment Engineer - Oil, Gas, & Chemicals

The role

The Forward Deployment Engineer drives adoption and value realization of Picarro's Fenceline Monitoring Solution at customer sites. This person embeds PicarroLink into Environmental, HSSE, and Operations workflows through training, coaching, and technical engagement.

What you will do

• Drive adoption, enablement, and value realization at customer sites during pilots and early-stage engagements.
• Participate in pre-sales and pilot design to integrate PicarroLink into customer workflows.
• Build relationships with HSSE and Operations leaders to ensure pilot design reflects operational constraints.
• Design and deliver structured, hands-on onboarding and training for personnel.
• Coach customer teams through real-time emissions management workflows.
• Own the goal of consistent, meaningful daily use of PicarroLink.
• Train customer personnel to operate the Mobile Survey Unit (UTV).
• Work with Customer Success Managers to maintain views of adoption health and value realization.
• Translate field observations into actionable product feedback for Product teams.
• Contribute to repeatable onboarding, training, and workflow integration playbooks.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, chemistry, industrial operations, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in industrial or field-based roles spanning emissions monitoring, environmental programs, industrial operations, or digital solution deployment.
• Experience leading on the software and digital side including training teams on platforms and driving adoption of data-driven tools.
• Comfort working with real-time monitoring technology including detection, attribution, LDAR, fenceline monitoring, and VOC measurement.
• Demonstrated training and enablement experience for technical and operational audiences.
• Ability to operate on refinery and chemical plant sites and navigate site safety requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• AI tooling aptitude.
• Ability to travel approximately 70% of the time to headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of industrial data environments such as DCS, PLCs, or MODBUS.
• Depth in specific instrumentation.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
• Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Vacation Policy and Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• 401K
• Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.)
• On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor boot camp, flu shots, etc.)

Before you apply

• The company reserves the right to require random drug testing for all applicable positions.

About the company

Picarro is a leader in timely, trusted, and actionable data using enhanced optical spectroscopy. Their software and hardware are used in over 90 countries worldwide.